Receive Weekly Email and Text Message Updates:
Sign up for latest info on concerts, dining, promotions and more!
Go!

Related Stories ...

Recent Blog Posts

SLIDESHOWS

» More Galleries

National Features >

  • City Pages

    Michele Bachmann, Unmuzzled

    You don't need to read Sarah Palin's book to hear the ravings of a mad woman.

    By Matt Snyders

  • Miami New Times

    Pimp Daddy

    The rise and fall of a chubby sex-cult leader.

    By Natalie O'Neill

  • Riverfront Times

    Babe 'n' Arms

    Tom was a hot-tempered cross-dresser with a garage full of guns--and then he became Rachel.

    By Nicholas Phillips

  • Dallas Observer

    The Fight for Texas

    Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison are locked in a battle over the soul of the GOP. They're also running for governor.

    By Sam Merten

print | email | show comments (2)

Be Social

  • rss

Svengalis

Nick Begich: Mind Control

PATRICK NEWSOM

Published on May 10, 2007

Ever get the feeling your thoughts and emotions are being controlled by external entities? Do you find yourself considering actions that seem uncharacteristic or out of place? Are you currently sober? If you've answered yes to these questions, and if you're too new-agey to accept the idea you might just be maturing, then you may already have considered the notion that you are the unfortunate victim of mind control.

All snide jokes aside, the history of mind control is an interesting one, encompassing the story of human psychology, hypnosis and metaphysics. Even the Central Intelligence Agency has found the concept intriguing enough to devote a lot of time and money to the study of whether or not America can use it to win friends, influence people and scan our enemies' brains, Cronenberg-style.

Undeniably, there are forces in our modern world that aim to influence our behavior, whether it be advertising, government propaganda, or those four little words—"but I love you." Stories of true mind control, though, in the Dr. Caligari mold, have been a little hard to confirm.

This Wednesday, the Mutual UFO Network of Orange County is hosting lecturer Nick Begich, who will discuss the technology, ethics and applications of mind control in the 21st century. Now, I have a hard enough time controlling my own thoughts and actions without anyone else's undue influence, but whether or not you truly believe your mind could be comandeered by another, the lecture, in its exploration of the varieties of human experience, should prove to be interesting to those with an open mind and an appreciation for the strange. Might not want to open that mind too much, though. You never know who might get in.

UFON OC presents Nick Begich at the Neighborhood Community Center, 1845 Park Ave., Costa Mesa, (714) 520-4836; mufonoc.org. Wed., 7:40 p.m. Call for cost.

show/hide comments (2) write your comment


Now Click This

Backpage.com
Free Classifieds Orange County, CA